HEXFILED SF Magazine - Fiction
(Poetry) (Nonfiction)
Description
Note: one submission per type per reading period.
HEXFILED publishes science fiction and speculative fiction that takes the boundary between organism and machine seriously—not as a metaphor to exploit, but as a genuine site of inquiry. We are drawn to work that is strange without being obscure, rigorous without being cold.
Our editorial sensibility leans toward stories where the speculative element is load-bearing: where removing the SF conceit would collapse the story. We love biological SF, ecological futures, post-human consciousness, weird and slipstream fiction, military SF, and stories where the science is imagined carefully even if it isn't real. We are less interested in chosen-one narratives and portal fantasy.
HEXFILED publishes science fiction and speculative fiction that takes the boundary between organism and machine seriously—not as a metaphor to exploit, but as a genuine site of inquiry. We are drawn to work that is strange without being obscure, rigorous without being cold.
Our editorial sensibility leans toward stories where the speculative element is load-bearing: where removing the SF conceit would collapse the story. We love biological SF, ecological futures, post-human consciousness, weird and slipstream fiction, military SF, and stories where the science is imagined carefully even if it isn't real. We are less interested in chosen-one narratives and portal fantasy.
Market Genres
Genres
FantasyScience Fiction
Market Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Flash
0 to 1000 words
Non-Paying
Short Story
1000 to 7500 words
Non-Paying
Novelette
7500 to 17500 words
Non-Paying
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Not Allowed
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 21 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: No
Multiple Submissions?: No
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language Only
Estimated Response: 21 days
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Market Response Data (User-Reported)
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Count:
There are 15 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 0 | Average: 4.64 | Median: 5 | Max: 10
Responded:
93.33%
Accepted:
26.66% - avg 3 days
Rejected:
53.33% - avg 4 days
(100.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
13.33%
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
6.66%
Pending:
There are 1 pending responses.
(2 min | 2.00 average | 2 median | 2 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 12 May 2026
Last officially checked: 19 May 2026